Crisp fish fry with chips at Rs 25, mouth watering mutton curry for Rs 20, mutton cutlet for Rs 18, a crunchy masala dosa for Rs 6 and boiled vegetables for as little as Rs 5. The rates can make one salivate as much as the dishes.

The RTI response shows the Parliament canteens serve 76 dishes ranging from simple boiled egg to various mutton and chicken preparations that are subsidised anywhere between 63 and 150 per cent. (PTI)

Crisp fish fry with chips at Rs 25, mouth watering mutton curry for Rs 20, mutton cutlet for Rs 18, a crunchy masala dosa for Rs 6 and boiled vegetables for as little as Rs 5. The rates can make one salivate as much as the dishes.

At a time when soaring prices of meat, fish and vegetables may make these lip smacking dishes disappear from the common man’s plates, Parliamentarians earning on an average Rs 1.4 lakh with perks, are savouring these for a pittance, courtesy the subsidy provided by the government.

According to an item list received under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, while fish fry with chips is subsidised by 63 per cent, the figure for mutton curry is 67 per cent, cutlet 65 per cent, boiled vegetables 83 per cent and masala dosa 75 per cent.

Possibly this is what is knowing serving (shaving) the people in their language and if they are not happy , how can they serve the society??? By the by, what about all those freebies they get wherever they go or whatever they demand or however they loot???